The win completes a season sweep for Presque Isle over the Roos. They defeated Canton in New York, 61-58 back on January 6th. They pull back to within one game of .500 on the season at 9-10. The Roos fall to 5-13.

What was only a 4-point lead for the Owls at halftime (40-36) was broken open with the help of Hutchins' 5-6 shooting from long range in the 2nd half. He finished with 23 points to lead all scorers. Warner also reached 20 points, while also pulling down 5 rebounds and dishing out 3 assists.

UMPI threatened to pull away early, building a 10-point lead eight minutes into the contest. Six consecutive points from Canton's Ryan Lamica (Constable, NY) late in the half brought them back to within 34-31 with under four minutes remaining before the break.

By the 5-minute mark into the 2nd half however, the Owls had built that lead back up to 12 at 58-46 on an 8-2 Hutchins' run that took only a minute to complete. From there the Owls kept building until the lead hit its peak of 26 at 94-68 with 1:22 remaining.

Patrick Manifold (Sr. Great Yarmouth, UK) scored 15 and pulled down a team-high 7 rebounds in the win for the Owls.

Presque Isle will take to the road in the upcoming week, travelling to UMaine-Machias on Wednesday to face the Clippers. The Owls will be looking to atone for a 72-66 loss at the hands Machias back on November 28th. Tip time will be 7:30pm.

Game Notes

* Hutchins was very economical, hitting 9-14 shots and scoring his 23 points in 22 minutes of playing time coming off the bench. Afterwards he was named the Bradley's Citgo and Car Wash "Player of the Game."

* Presque Isle dished out 19 assists as a team, to only 10 turnovers. That marks the 10th time this season they had a 1.0+ assist-to-turnover ratio. They are 7-3 in those games.

* In the last two wins, the Owls are 33-64 (51%) from three-point land.